Test your Knowledge on Antibiotic Resistance

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Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health concern that has reached gigantic proportions. Antibiotic resistance is a change that occurs in bacteria when they are exposed to antibiotics used to treat infections caused by them. This change makes the antibiotics ineffective and the antibiotic-resistant bacteria become "superbugs".

This Quiz has 10 questions.

1. Which organism is targeted by an antibiotic?1/10

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